Scott Ritter is one of the few American “experts” who didn’t look at the Ukraine-Russia war through rose-colored glasses. From Ritter at azerbaycan24.com:
Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky attends a ceremony marking Ukraine’s Independence Day in Kiev © Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP
September 2 marked the 78th anniversary of the World War Two surrender ceremony onboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. This moment formalized Japan’s unconditional capitulation to the United States, and its allies, and marked the end of the conflict. From the Japanese perspective, it had been ongoing since the Marco Polo bridge incident of July 7, 1937, which started the Sino-Japanese War.
There was no negotiation, only a simple surrender ceremony in which Japanese officials signed documents, without conditions.
Because that is what defeat looks like.
History is meant to be studied in a manner that seeks to draw out lessons from the past that might have relevance in the present. As George Santayana, the American philosopher, noted, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The Ukrainian government in Kiev would do well to reflect on both the historical precedent set by Japan’s unconditional surrender, and Santayana’s advice, when considering its current conflict with Russia.
First and foremost, Ukraine must reflect honestly about the causes of this conflict, and which side bears the burden of responsibility for the fighting. ‘Denazification’ is a term that the Russian government has used in describing one of its stated goals and objectives. President Vladimir Putin has made numerous references to the odious legacy of Stepan Bandera, the notorious mass murderer and associate of Nazi Germany who is feted by modern-day Ukrainian nationalists as a hero and all but a founding father of their nation.
Reading about the Russian “Fire Pocket” rugged defense in depth and Ziolensky is ordering those who fled to return on a suicide mission.
There was a story of a panicked soldier shot by his CO for attempting to flee recently.
Also the disabled, HIV infected, women, shemales, all will be drafted for the Uke meat grinder.
Depleted Uranium is on the scene to go with the mines that will take 750 years to remove.
Meanwhile several hundred thousand have signed up to fight with Russia since the spring.
Turkey has offered to mediate a peace but the war pigs in faraway places running the show don’t want it.